From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

13th Seanad

Members of the Seanad from 1973 to 1977

Field	Value
name	13th Seanad
image	Oireachtas logo.svg
image_size	100px
body	Seanad Éireann
country	Ireland
meeting_place	Leinster House
term_start	1 June 1973
term_end	16 August 1977
before	[12th Seanad](12th-seanad)
after	[14th Seanad](14th-seanad)
membership1	60
chamber1_leader1_type	Cathaoirleach
chamber1_leader1	James Dooge (FG)
chamber1_leader2_type	Leas-Chathaoirleach
chamber1_leader2	Evelyn Owens (Lab)
chamber1_leader3_type	Leader of the
Seanad
chamber1_leader3	Michael O'Higgins (FG)
government	14th government of Ireland

Seanad](leader-of-the-seanad) The 13th Seanad was in office from 1973 to 1977. An election to Seanad Éireann, the senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), followed the 1973 general election to the 20th Dáil. The senators served until the close of poll for the 14th Seanad in 1977.

Cathaoirleach

On 1 June 1973, James Dooge (FG) was proposed for the position of Cathaoirleach by Michael O'Higgins (FG) and seconded by Jack Fitzgerald (FG). He was elected without a division.

On 20 June 1973, Kit Ahern (FF) was proposed for the position of Leas-Chathaoirleach by Brian Lenihan (FF) and seconded by Seán Brosnan (FF). She was defeated by a vote of 18 to 31. Evelyn Owens (Lab) was proposed by Jack Fitzgerald (FG) and seconded by Michael Moynihan (Lab). She was elected by a vote of 30 to 18. Mary Robinson (Ind) supported the election of Ahern, but abstained in the vote on Owens.

Composition of the 13th Seanad

There are a total of 60 seats in the Seanad: 43 were elected on five vocational panels, 6 were elected from two university constituencies and 11 were nominated by the Taoiseach.

The following table shows the composition by party when the 13th Seanad first met on 1 June 1973.

Party	Vocational panels	NUI	DU	Nominated	Total	Admin	Agri	Cult & Educ	Ind & Comm	Labour	Total
Fianna Fáil}}"	Fianna Fáil	4	5	2	4	3	0	0	0	18	Fianna Fáil}}"
Fine Gael}}"	Fine Gael	3	5	2	3	4	0	0	7	24	Fine Gael}}"
Labour Party (Ireland)}}"	Labour Party	0	1	1	1	3	1	0	4	11	Labour Party (Ireland)}}"
Independent politician (Ireland)}}"	Independent	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	0	7	Independent politician (Ireland)}}"

List of senators

Elected to the 21st Dáil at the general election on 16 June 1977

Changes

References

(1 June 1973). "Election of Cathaoirleach". Seanad Debates – Vol. 75 No. 1.
(20 June 1973). "Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach". Seanad Debates – Vol. 75 No. 2.
"Mr. Austin Deasy". Oireachtas Members Database.
(13 February 1974). "Death of Member: Expression of Sympathy". Seanad Debates – Vol. 77 No. 1.
(13 March 1974). "Death of Member". Seanad Debates – Vol. 77 No. 4.
(18 July 1974). "Death of Member: Expression of Sympathy". Seanad Debates – Vol. 78 No. 15.
(4 December 1974). "Election of Member to Dáil Éireann". Seanad Debates – Vol. 79 No. 2.
(12 February 1975). "Death of Senator: Expression of Sympathy". Seanad Debates – Vol. 79 No. 6.
(18 December 1974). "Vacancies in Seanad Membership: Motions". Seanad Debates – Vol. 79 No. 4.
(24 April 1975). "Election of Senators". Seanad Debates – Vol. 80 No. 5.
(12 February 1975). "Notice of Vacancy in Seanad Membership: Motion". Seanad Debates – Vol. 79 No. 6.
(17 June 1976). "Election of Member to Dáil Éireann". Seanad Debates – Vol. 84 No. 4.
(1 July 1976). "Nomination of Senator". Seanad Debates – Vol. 84 No. 9.
(31 August 1976). "Death of Member: Expression of Sympathy". Seanad Debates – Vol. 85 No. 1.
(15 September 1976). "Notice of Vacancy in Seanad Membership: Motion". Seanad Debates – Vol. 85 No. 5.
(1 December 1976). "Election of Senator". Seanad Debates – Vol. 85 No. 8.
(5 July 1977). "Forógra Proclamation". Dáil Debates – Vol. 300 No. 1.
Walsh, Dick. (23 June 1977). "Cosgrave names four defeated candidates to Senate posts". [[The Irish Times]].

Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

members-of-the-13th-seanad lists-of-members-of-seanad-éireann-by-term

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about 13th Seanad — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report